Former WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin Tops President-Elect Biden’s List To Lead USAID

Foreign Policy: Biden Eyes Humanitarian Experts to Lead U.S. Agency for International Development
“A former senior United Nations executive and food security expert is among several people in the running to lead to the U.S. Agency for International Development under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, according to people familiar with the matter. Ertharin Cousin, a former executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, tops the narrowing list of people favored to take the helm of the leading U.S. aid agency…” (Gramer/Lynch, 11/30).

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